Johanna Baxter MP: written questions
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Written questions
Employment: Chronic IllnessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Apr 2026WithdrawnUIN 128346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether migraine has been considered as part of cross-government efforts to improve workforce participation among people with long term conditions
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordMigrainesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department is carrying out work alongside other Government departments to address health and employment impacts of migraines.
Answer: We recognise the substantial economic and National Health Service burden of migraines, and there are an estimated 16,500 emergency admissions per year for migraines that could be avoided, costing the NHS £11.5 million. The Department for Health and Social...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrainesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has plans to strengthen national policy recognition of migraine as a serious neurological condition.
Answer: The Government recognises that migraine is a serious and often debilitating neurological condition, with a wide range of symptoms that go far beyond a headache. Migraine attacks can be a whole-body experience that can make it very difficult to function no...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: MigrainesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether migraine has been considered as part of cross government efforts to improve workforce participation among people with long term conditions.
Answer: Good work is good for health, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work when they can including people who suffer from migraine. In our Pathways to Work Green Paper we set out our Pathways to Work offer, backed by £1 billion a year of new funding...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: MigrainesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of migraines as a driver of health related economic activity.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on the 30 March 2026 to Question UIN 122660.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUkraine: ChildrenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 908075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to support the return of children forcibly deported from Ukraine.
Answer: Last week, the Foreign Secretary visited Kyiv on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, where she announced £5 million of UK funding to support justice and accountability for victims and survivors of alleged Russian war crimes.Together wi...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDisease Control: ImmunosuppressionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement did Exercise Pegasus have with providers in the procurement of adequate Personal Protective Equipment for immunocompromised patients.
Answer: Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement did Exercise Pegasus have with pharmaceutical providers on the procurement of vaccinations.
Answer: Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease Control: ImmunosuppressionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement did Exercise Pegasus have with pharmaceutical providers on the procurement of pre-prophylactic drugs for immunocompromised patients.
Answer: Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which health bodies from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were involved in Exercise Pegasus.
Answer: Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in the United Kingdom’s history, involved all four nations and thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Participants that are health bodies included, but were not limited to:t...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Exercise Pegasus involved consultation with clinically vulnerable patient groups.
Answer: Exercise PEGASUS, the largest simulation of a pandemic in United Kingdom history, involved thousands of participants across different parts of the exercise. Multiple other non-Governmental organisations representing the breadth of society were engaged and...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timeframes his Department will set out to implement the findings of Exercise Pegasus.
Answer: Live participation in Exercise PEGASUS has now concluded, although a fourth phase, centred around recovery, is planned to be exercised in 2026. A published post-exercise report will include learning and findings from this and all preceding phases and this...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which minister will be responsible for implementing the findings from Exercise Pegasus.
Answer: Live participation in Exercise PEGASUS has now concluded, although a fourth phase, centred around recovery, is planned to be exercised in 2026. A published post-exercise report will include learning and findings from this and all preceding phases and this...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish the report findings from Exercise Pegasus.
Answer: Live participation in Exercise PEGASUS has now concluded, although a fourth phase, centred around recovery, is planned to be exercised in 2026. A published post-exercise report will include learning and findings from this and all preceding phases and this...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease Control: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister is responsible for vulnerable groups and pandemics.
Answer: As the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention, responsibility for health inequalities and vulnerable groups as well as pandemic preparedness falls within my Ministerial portfolio.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStatutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 905409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of statutory sick pay.
Answer: I know that my honourable friends will welcome the changes this Government is making to Statutory Sick Pay through the Employment Rights Bill, including extending eligibility to up to 1.3 million of the lowest paid employees and removing the waiting perio...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards in England provide Covid Medicines Delivery Units.
Answer: The Department and NHS England do not collect or hold this information centrally. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for making funding available and for arranging access to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended COVI...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance in May 2025 on supporting patients in accessing lateral flow tests for c
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated its recommendations on the use of nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir for the treatment COVID‑19 in adults in May 2025. The update followed a decision by the company to set a new list price for ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the animal welfare strategy.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to improve animal welfare. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergenciesCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70133More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to ensure that UK Resilience Academy expert panels on whole-system risks are available for parliamentary scrutiny; and how the Government plans to (a) respond to and (b) implement as
Answer: The Cabinet Office will instruct the UK Resilience Academy to convene independently-chaired panels dedicated to reviewing specific whole-system risks. The panels will draw on leading independent experts from across sectors outside government to ensure imp...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergenciesCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70129More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Government plans to (a) select and (b) appoint people to UK Resilience Academy independent panels on risk preparedness; what steps he plans to take to ensure that those panels can operate independently;
Answer: The Cabinet Office will instruct the UK Resilience Academy to convene independently-chaired panels dedicated to reviewing specific whole-system risks. The panels will draw on leading independent experts from across sectors outside government to ensure imp...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCovid-19 InquiryCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70127More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will publish (a) a timeline for the completion of the implementation of UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 1 recommendations and (b) target dates for actions in progress.
Answer: The Government responded in full to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s Module 1 report on 16 January 2025 and committed to providing regular updates on implementation of the commitments made in the response. The most recent update was published on 8 July, alongsid...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergenciesCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70125More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which catastrophic risk boards are co-chaired by his Department; what the remit is for each board; which other Government departments are involved; and how frequently they meet.
Answer: As outlined in the Central Government Concept of Operations for Emergency Response and Recovery (the Amber Book), the Cabinet Office have taken a stronger and more directive role in planning for catastrophic risks. The Cabinet Office co-sponsors the plann...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70123More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to publish central operational response plans developed for each identified potential catastrophic risk; and whether he plans to make (a) plans and (b) summaries available to Parliam
Answer: The Government published the updated Central Government Concept of Operations for Emergency Response and Recovery (the Amber Book) in April 2025 which codifies the leadership role the Cabinet Office plays for responding to catastrophic risks. The Cabinet ...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: UkraineMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support Ukraine in preventing Russian armed forces from carrying out drone attacks against civilians.
Answer: Supporting Ukraine to counter air attacks, including with drones, by Russian armed forces is a top priority for the UK. Working in partnership with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence the UK has provided a range of air defence/counter drone capabilities to ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
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